The Chen Immortal Clan's Heavenly Immortal powers were mostly flawless Heavenly Immortals of Emperor Son caliber. After breaking through to the second level of Heavenly Immortal, their immortal power grew by another thirty percent, and their strength rose considerably once more.
It could be said that the Chen Immortal Clan members were no longer weak even among mid-stage Heavenly Immortals.
By comparison, although Daoist Purple Mystery, the Glazed Divine Lord, the Li Yan Divine Spirit, and the others had made steady progress in immortal power, they lacked a Primordial Ancient Tree to transform chaotic qi. Their cultivation speed was far inferior to that of the Chen Clan.
By Chen Nianzhi's estimate, these people would need at least two or three million years to raise their cultivation by one level. To break through to the second level of Heavenly Immortal, they would need to wait at least another million years.
Returning to the matter at hand, after breaking through to the second level of Heavenly Immortal, Chen Nianzhi resumed his secluded cultivation.
He remained within the Guixu Grotto-Heaven, comprehending divine abilities and Dao techniques as he sought to reach the third level of Heavenly Immortal as soon as possible.
As time passed, more than a hundred thousand years slipped by in the blink of an eye, and the new great calamity drew ever closer.
Before the calamity erupted, Chen Nianzhi summoned every immortal of the Guixu Immortal Alliance, then ordered the nine grotto-heavens to seal themselves off and avoid the calamity while awaiting its arrival.
As the first great calamity since the onset of the epochal calamity, far more immortals participated in this Dao Calamity than expected.
Throughout the Sky-Pillar Immortal Domain, nearly every heavenly domain had more than thirty half-step Heavenly Immortals entering the calamity. Among them were quite a